Ray Anthony Joseph Jr. was 19 when he was killed early on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Louisville, Kentucky. Police say an altercation near 40th Street and Grand Avenue escalated to gunfire; officers responding to a call around 12:40 a.m. found Joseph fatally wounded. Two other people were shot and taken to University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Louisville Metro Police Department opened a homicide investigation and searched for suspects, but initial reports did not name persons of interest and details about how the confrontation began remained under investigation.